canado

13th century. Derived, with the suffix -ado, from Latin canna (“cane”) or from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ (“can, tankard”).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnaðo̝/

canado m (plural canados)

1. jug used for milking or watering
   • 1402, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 342:

     It. huun canado de trager a agoa

     Item, a jug for bringing water

2. a traditional measure of capacity, equivalent to 32 or 64 l
   • 1421, Margot Sponer (ed.), "Documentos antiguos de Galicia", in Anuari de l'Oficina Románica de Lingüística i Literatura, 7, page 60:

     douſ canadoσ de bjnõ mole aa bica do lagar por la medida de Monforte

     two canados of soft wine [taken] from the mouth of the wine press, as they are measured in Monforte

• cana
• canada

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “canado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “canado”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “canado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “canado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “canado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• canato

• Hyphenation: ca‧na‧do

canado m (plural canados)

1. khanate (the realm of a khan)